Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair (10 September 1904 – 24 February 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and tea merchant in Ceylon.

Erroll Sinclair
Personal information
Full name
Erroll Hamish Lindsay Graeme Sinclair
Born10 September 1904
Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Died24 February 1954(1954-02-24) (aged 49)
aboard RMS Orion, off Marsa Alam, Egypt
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924Oxford University
1926/27Ceylon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 126
Batting average 12.60
100s/50s –/–
Top score 37
Balls bowled 1,005
Wickets 19
Bowling average 33.63
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/56
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2020

Sinclair was born in September 1904 at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1924, with Sinclair featuring in four first-class matches for Oxford, including The University Match against Cambridge.[3] He scored 87 runs for Oxford in his four matches, with a high score of 37,[4] while with his leg break bowling he took 12 wickets at an average of 33.33, with best figures of 3 for 65.[5]

After graduating from Oxford, sinclair travelled to British Ceylon where he became assistant manager of the Mousa Ella tea plantation in 1926.[6] While in Ceylon, he featured in further first-class matches during the Marylebone Cricket Club's tour of Ceylon in January and February 1927, playing one match apiece for the Europeans (Ceylon), an Up-Country XI and an All-Ceylon XI.[3] His career best bowling figures of 4 for 56 came for the Up-Country XI.[5] Sinclair died at sea in September 1954 aboard RMS Orion off the coast of Marsa Alam, Egypt.

References

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  1. ^ Herdy, John Henry (1923). Winchester College, 1867-1920. P. and G. Wells. p. 538.
  2. ^ Oxford University Calendar. University of Oxford. 1925. p. 469.
  3. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Erroll Sinclair". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ "E.H. Sinclair - Career Details". www.historyofceylontea.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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